Sunday, April 25, 2010

Fly Away Home

FLY AWAY HOME


A Canadian girl Amy one night on the prowl
Found some eggs of wild geese fowl
Amy took the eggs home to hatch
In the morning Amy inspected her catch
The geese hatched and thought Amy was their mother, who knew

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So Amy raised her brood
She found each goose had their own separate mood
The geese followed Amy everywhere
Threw the barn, through meadows, even on the porch chair
What was Amy going to do

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Amy knew the geese had to fly south in the fall
There had to be someone Amy could call
So she called a wild game refuge in southern USA
And here is what they had to say
They're glad to have the geese as their southern refuge

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Now, There was just a couple of other things
How were they going to fly home in the spring
And if we were going to discuss the travel after all
How were the geese coming south in the fall
But Amy had an idea or two

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Amy's father made Ultralight airplanes from scratch
Maybe he could make one for Amy and her catch
Then when the geese flew south in the fall
Amy could show them the way after all
She found her quest to take care of her brood

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Amy and the geese set off on their fight
Flew across Lake Ontario and into the night
She landed at sun-set and with pen and paper made that recording
Got some sleep and set out in the morning
Amy thought, there won't be any problems, she just knew

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She flew across New York State, past New York City, to the coast
Straight down to North Carolina Wild Life Refuge her host
The geese made the trip with out any serious situations
Amy thought the wild life refuge had a wonderful reputation
She was proud of her brood they all came through

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Amy worried, coming back would the geese blunder
All through the winter she wondered
But in April as a flock they all flew
From the North Carolina Wild Life Refuge
Right to Amy back porch which they all knew

Author: Timothy B. Thayer
04/25/2010